APPS & SITES

There’s this moment in California when the sun hits the horizon that I am quite sure most of the natives take for granted. The gradation of sky from the burning sun to the deep blues can only be really appreciated if you swing your head around and purge your short-term memory. The effect is not dissimilar to the optical illusion of the giant full moon on some evenings, seemingly magnified by our inability to establish a frame of reference. I think something along those lines happens with color as the sun dips. You can see this from space, as the sudden band from light to dark rips around the earth — that same viewing cone can be seen from anywhere on the surface, and it can be best noticed in places like LA, with the nearly infinite horizon.

California has great sunsets… We have the smog to thank for that! It’s funny how something so awful can make something appear so beautiful.

-joe

Dr. Electro

Another phenomenon you can only see from Southern California at sunset: the green flash. When atmospheric and oceanic conditions are just right, there is a short time right after the sun dips below the horizon that the light turns bright green. I’ve seen it once, from San Diego. Wish I could photograph it.

DEE

Oh, to be there now. 14 below zero Fahrenheit here.

tim keller

today it was somthing like that to brrrrr still had school
i kike the beach alot on that pic

This is my front yard and yes you are correct that I do not appreciate it enough. This is my first time viewing your work, and it is all just beautiful, when I got to this picture well… it will make me appreciate what is right in front of me.